One of the arguments of legalizing recreational marijuana is the lucrative revenue source. I don’t think the revenue that is generated for a wedding would compare to pot sales but it was never an argument for legalizing, yes legalizing a basic freedom, to marrying a member of the same sex.

Instead the argument against same sex marriage, protecting the sanctimony of marriage between two members of opposite sex (50 % divorcees), was more loudly heard. Whilst the potential negative effects of having people high on pot all day. Meanwhile you don’t get the freedom to have opioids.

My radio got reset, so I was dial spinning to reload my stations I found a strong christian channel. The woman was railing against a new testament christian group called Thinking Biblically, that posted clips on YouTube about how they saw the bible dealing with immigration. They were all about caring and tolerance and helping. It seemed caring and nice. Then she tore into them. She said it was pure propaganda. Who cares if they’re in the image of God, and compassion and all that, all that matters is a rule of law and that she HATED that some tiny fraction of her taxes go to helping them. Why did a subset of christians become so cruel and bitter?https://youtu.be/j2LQFvVnQzc

“How did a religious group whose foundational sacred text explicitly mandates care for the poor, the sick, and the stranger become a reliable anti-refugee, anti-immigrant voting bloc?”

“Suddenly, she said, she noticed a “new sort of interpretation that’s floating around in evangelical circles about [verses in the Bible where Jesus exhorts care for the poor]. And the interpretation is Jesus does not mean everybody. That Jesus only means that you’re supposed to take care of the ‘least of these’ who are in the Christian community.” That is messed up. It reminds of the way we write about radical islam, where they are cruel to anyone who isn’t them.

“The degree to which white evangelical identity is increasingly predicated on politicized whiteness — and on an insular and isolationist vision of community — reveals the extent to which white evangelicalism has become synonymous with Christian nationalism under the Trump administration. “

@1 You’re being facetious, right? Impeachment can’t be appealed to the courts. The House’s decision to impeach and a Senate decision to remove are final and unreviewable. If Congress kicks you out of office, you have no recourse. You can go home and throw a shoe at the dog and yell at your wife, but that’s it.

@7 Bob doesn’t want to reveal any type of his identity. To do so makes him vulnerable and open towards any type of criticism. He wants the best of both worlds and never have to be held accountable for anything but horse schlong.

@2 I think, when you get right down to it, Republicans want to outlaw same-sex marriage because they’re afraid their wives will run off with other women. And take the dog with them. I mean, who the hell wants Republicans?

They aren’t Christians. They’re hypocrites who go to church, put $5 in the plate for the overseas missions on Easter Sunday, and paste a little fish on the ass end of their Suburban for social acceptance. The elderly ones with a foot in the grave go through the motions because they’re afraid they’ll go to Hell if they miss a Sunday.

@4 “Because they were set upon by a majority of Democrats, for being Christians.”

Your posts get more laughable all the time. They weren’t “set upon” nor did they need help to become the racist, bigoted, gutter crawlers they are. That’s simply what’s in their DNA. Yours, too, dumbfuck.

@5 Forty years ago their “pastors” were preaching the virtues of endless war and environmental degradation, so why should we be surprised they’ve evolved into Trumper racialists?

Hitler, a paganist, missed the boat. For some inexplicable reason he failed to grasp that evangelical christianists are clay easily transformed into the most ardent Nazis of all. Look how they flock to Trump with practically no effort on his part. Just appeal to their inbred racism and bigotry, and you’re there.

9) They did that to North Dakota State, the FCS National Champs. I wouldn’t wish that on My worst enemy. Wait, I’m an Eagle, ND State is my worst enemy. I don’t recall if EWU got to go to the White House when we won the title, and we beat the sitting VP’s alma matter.

@19 You can also shoot yourself, which under the circumstances may be the honorable thing to do, but neither suicide nor running again falls within the definition of “recourse.” Here’s a suggestion: Get yourself a dictionary and learn to use it so you don’t post half-assed comments that make you look like an illiterate trailerpark Trumper.

Because Republicans insist on crazy people having easy access to military-style assault weapons designed for killing people in war, a woman is dead, and a rabbi and two other people are injured, after a shooting at a synagogue in the San Diego area.

It doesn’t help that Trump stirs these people up with his own brand of racism, bigotry, intolerance, hatemongering, and incitements to violence.

The California synagogue shooter has been identified as a 19-year-old white male whose online “manifesto” claims responsibility for a mosque arson and says he drew his “inspiration” from the Pittsburgh and New Zealand mosque shootings. In other words, another one of Trump’s “fine people.”

There’s a bunch of folks who will remember $410m domestic and over a billion worldwide. They tend to decide what’s coming next at the multiplex. Did you know there’s a new Barbarella comic series out?

Hey, I never did see that Chappaquiddick movie. How’d end up doing? What about that little Christian film someone was so impressed with. Wow……$17m. Not bad. I mean less than the first day of Endgame by a factor of almost ten so I can totally see major studios pouring money into the genre soon.

For perspective, if Metro staffed the way WA public universities staff, each Metro bus would be manned by one driver earning $50k and two administrators each earning $100k+.

Goldy✔ @GoldyHA For perspective, if King County Metro shifted costs from taxpayers to passengers the way WA’s public university system has shifted costs from taxpayers to students, today’s $2.75 bus fare would cost $8.25.

At Least 1 Killed In California Synagogue Shooting “At an afternoon press conference, law enforcement officials said a 19-year-old man from the city of San Diego has been arrested with an AR-style assault weapon. ”

And….. cue the thoughts and prayers, no sensible gun regulations, no banning of AR-style assault weapon, no increased money to mental health outreach, no increased monitoring of hate groups or hate sites, No increased money for gun violence research, just thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers.

Roger Rabbit Commentary: Given that Wayne LaPierre has been running the NRA for essentially forever, it’s inevitable the group would become his and his cronies’ personal piggy bank. When the members who furnished these hundreds of millions realize this — and they’re beginning to — if they can’t vote him out, they’ll vote with their feet.

“President Trump falsely claimed that babies in Wisconsin can be ‘executed’ after the Democratic governor Tony Evers said he would veto a bill that would require doctors to provide medical care to babies born alive after a failed abortion attempt or face a large fine or/and imprisonment.”

@52 I’m not into torture, but as I’ve posted on HA many times, I support judicious use of the death penalty. I think there are people who deserve to be, and should be, put to death. Ted Bundy, for example. The Nazi war criminals the Allies hanged. Texas got rid of one such person last week — the mastermind of the horrible lynching of James Byrd Jr. Good riddance to that revolting piece of human excrement. Won’t surprise me if even the worms don’t want him.

After he tweeted Melania “The classiest First Lady We’ve ever had.” I started tweeting the nekkid pics of the classy woman next to every other First Lady. Started working backwards and only got to Rosalyn before I got blocked.

“Last week, President Donald Trump said his administration was ‘fighting all the subpoenas’ from House Democrats. The comment came after Nadler’s committee subpoenaed former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify on his comments in the Mueller report. In the report, McGahn details at length Trump’s efforts to have the then-White House counsel oust Mueller. Trump called that subpoena ‘ridiculous,’ adding, ‘These aren’t, like, impartial people.'”

Roger Rabbit Commentary: I extracted this paragraph from an NBC story about Barr; I won’t comment on that aspect of the story here, I simply want to address this stupid remark by Trump, which has gotta have every lawyer in the country in stitches.

When you get a subpoena, you’re not entitled to be questioned by someone “impartial.” There’s no such thing as “impartial” lawyers anyway; every lawyer in legal proceedings represents one side or another, and pursues/advocates for that side’s interests. While congressional subpoenas are different from judicial subpoenas in some respects, they fundamentally work the same way; it’s an adversary system, and there are no “impartial” congressmen.

I think what Trump is really saying is he doesn’t want witnesses with damaging information about him being subject to hostile questioning. Too fucking bad. That’s how our adversarial system works. He can challenge the subpoenas in court on grounds of executive privilege or whatever, but if they’re upheld by a judge, he doesn’t get to write the questions or limit what the witness can be asked or say. If he doesn’t like the answers, fuck him. He’s not a dictator, at least not yet. The purpose of this whole exercise is to keep him from becoming one.

Chalk this up as empty, meaningless, childish whining. I and my fellow lawyers are laughing at him.

@59 Unclear because the Trump administration refuses to say whether the money was actually paid; but Sue Mi Terry, a North Korea expert, said on on NBC News that “North Korea does not do anything for free” (beginning at 34:00 in the video below).

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